Australian Designers at Work
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The Australian Designers at Work website contains case studies of the work of designers across various fields of design. The case studies contain information tailored to the requirements of the NSW Stage 4 Technology (Mandatory) syllabus.
Case studies relevant to the built environment are:
For each designer, information is provided under the following headings: Introduction, About the Designer, Design Process, Evaluating Success, Gallery of Work, Links and References. Each case study contains a short video of the designer explaining their work.
Additionally student activities are suggested to further develop learning associated with each case study. Shown below are extension activities that may be used to follow up the case study of Peter Adcock:
Design process
- Draw a flowchart to describe the design process used by the team at Australian Wetlands to develop a wetland.
- What are the possible short and long-term consequences of a wetland design?
- Identify some of the criteria that might have been used to evaluate the success of the Blue Hills wetland.
Design specialisation
- Explain why the wetlands are a built environment.
- Describe the factors affecting the design of a wetland, for example, scale, environmental, safety and cost factors.
Role of designers
- List the different kinds of professionals, designers, tradespeople and labourers that may work on a wetland. Using the Myfuture web site http://www.myfuture.edu.au write a description for each of these jobs.
- Designers can make an important contribution to quality of life. Who will benefit from Peter Adcock’s wetland designs? In what ways could the environmental designs of Peter Adcock help to make users’ lives easier or better?
- Collaboration and teamwork are important to Peter's business. What personal skills help to make this collaboration run smoothly?
- Peter mentioned that volunteering was a good way to gain work experience. Community groups participated in the planting of the Blue Hills wetland. Identify an environmental activity in your community that you could volunteer for. What skills do you think you would gain by volunteering?
- Identify the training, study and work-related experiences of Peter Adcock. Plan a possible pathway you could take to become an environmental designer. You may like to use the Myfuture web site http://www.myfuture.edu.au
Plant production technologies
- What role does a wetland play in the environment?
- Identify a variety of plants suitable for the Blue Hills wetland project.
